I had nice exchange with a Sears Customer Service Rep. Getting basic information is right in between pulling teeth and playing handball against a curtain. The pain I have to experience when contacting passionless, broken, soul-crushed reps makes it really hard to sympathize with them.]]>
16. People will always, always be in the market for a story that resonates with them. Your product will either have this quality or it won’t. If your product fails this test, quit your job and go find something else. Just making the product incrementally cheaper or better won’t help you.
I am big believer that if you focus on your own narrative, and really zero in on the themes you experienced, it becomes very sharable. In fact, if you keep in mind that there is somebody out there who experienced the same struggles you experienced, it becomes intrinsically more valuable than any self-help book. The currency of "getting it" is what matters most when thinking of what to share from your own little world.
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]]>Some of you reading this Stateside may be completely unaware that America is currently participating in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Some of you are aware, but, you simply don’t care for sports that don’t involve tailgating, pin stripes, or half-time shows.
To you we say, ‘have fun basking in the glory of being an A-mur-uh-kun,’ as chicoobispo catches you up on the hottest international event since, well, the last olympics which you probably didn’t watch either.
Over the next few weeks we’ll take you through hours of olympic highlights via unintelligible cliffnote-esque video snippets from Bishop. And no worries, the time you invest here will definitely go a long way into giving you that faux sense of worldliness that’ll make even that kid who faked a british accent for ALL four years of high school go, ‘damn mate, are ya having a laugh?’
And yes, I know that last direct quote was a non-sequitur but it was the most British thing we could remember spoken by our dear friend - English Dan.
Now sit back, enjoy your apple pie, and don’t fret. Chicoobispo has your back.
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Day 2, still no sign of civilization. The snow blizzard has destroyed all evidence of any living thing. I am the sole survivor and I am determined to find some kit kats.
Pray for me, so much snow from David Chico Pham on Vimeo.
Day 5. I successfully found food and my board game, Risk. I think I found a person. I am going to make contact. Hopefully I am not alone in this apocalypse.
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as a society, we are no longer operating on this premise of scarce resources. we are now working out the issue of abundance and free.
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My Secret Snow Fort from David Chico Pham on Vimeo.
My roommates came over to build a snowman. But before that, they went to get coffee. In the meantime, I found a good spot to build a snow fort. Don’t forget your water…good for iceballs.
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